Recall of ACUSON SC2000 ULTRASOUND - OPERATING SOFTWARE

According to Health Canada (via FOI), this recall involved a device in Canada that was produced by SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED.

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    47780
  • Event Risk Class
    III
  • Event Initiated Date
    2016-05-02
  • Event Country
  • Event Source
    HC
  • Notes / Alerts
    Canadian data is current through March 2018. All of the data comes from Health Canada, except for the categories Manufacturer Parent Company and Product Classification.
    The Parent Company and the Product Classification were added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records. The device classification information comes from FDA’s Product Classification by Review Panel, based on matches of recall data from the U.S. and Canada.
  • Extra notes in the data
  • Reason
    While imaging with a transesophageal (tee) transducer (z6ms v5ms or v7m) the operator may lose the ability to control the color region of interest the pulsed wave or continuous wave doppler gate or cursor the m-mode cursor the 2d field of view or the res region of interest with the trackball.

Device

  • Model / Serial
    Model Catalog: 4.0 (Lot serial: 402618); Model Catalog: 4.0 (Lot serial: 402544)
  • Product Description
    ACUSON SC2000 ULTRASOUND - OPERATING SOFTWARE
  • Manufacturer

Manufacturer

  • Manufacturer Address
    OAKVILLE
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
  • Source
    HC